`Project`#

Representation of a Neptune project.

If you want to create a new Neptune project, see management.create_project().

Initialization#

Initialize with the init_project() function or the class constructor.

init_project()Project()

import neptune

project = neptune.init_project()

from neptune import Project

project = Project()

If Neptune can't find your project name or API token

As a best practice, you should save your Neptune API token and project name as environment variables:

export NEPTUNE_API_TOKEN="h0dHBzOi8aHR0cHM6Lkc78ghs74kl0jvYh3Kb8"
export NEPTUNE_PROJECT="ml-team/classification"

You can, however, also pass them as arguments when initializing Neptune:

run = neptune.init_run( # (1)!
    api_token="h0dHBzOi8aHR0cHM6Lkc78ghs74kl0jvYh3Kb8",  # your token here
    project="ml-team/classification",  # your full project name here
)

Also works for init_model(), init_model_version(), and init_project().
API token: In the bottom-left corner, expand the user menu and select Get my API token.
Project name: in the top-right menu: → Edit project details.

If you haven't registered, you can also log anonymously to a public project (make sure not to publish sensitive data through your code!):

run = neptune.init_run(
    api_token=neptune.ANONYMOUS_API_TOKEN,
    project="common/quickstarts",
)

You can use the project object to:

Retrieve information about runs, models, and model versions within the project.
Store and retrieve metadata on a project level, such as information about datasets, links to documentation, and key project metrics.

This metadata is displayed in the Project metadata section of the Neptune app.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
`project`	`str`, optional	`None`	Name of a project in the form `workspace-name/project-name`. If `None`, the value of the `NEPTUNE_PROJECT` environment variable is used.
`api_token`	`str`, optional	`None`	Your Neptune API token (or a service account's API token). If `None`, the value of the `NEPTUNE_API_TOKEN` environment variable is used. To keep your token secure, avoid placing it in source code. Instead, save it as an environment variable.
`mode`	`str`, optional	`async`	Connection mode in which the logging will work. Possible values are `async`, `sync`, `read-only`, and `debug`. If you leave it out, the value of the `NEPTUNE_MODE` environment variable is used. If that's not set, the default `async` is used.
`flush_period`	`float`, optional	`5` (seconds)	In asynchronous (default) connection mode, how often Neptune should trigger disk flushing.
`proxies`	`dict`, optional	`None`	Argument passed to HTTP calls made via the Requests library. For details on proxies, see the Requests documentation.
`async_lag_callback`	`NeptuneObjectCallback`, optional	`None`	Custom callback function which is called if the lag between a queued operation and its synchronization with the server exceeds the duration defined by `async_lag_threshold`. The callback should take a `Project` object as the argument and can contain any custom code, such as calling `stop()` on the object. Note: Instead of using this argument, you can use Neptune's default callback by setting the `NEPTUNE_ENABLE_DEFAULT_ASYNC_LAG_CALLBACK` environment variable to `TRUE`.
`async_lag_threshold`	`float`, optional	`1800.0` (seconds)	Duration between the queueing and synchronization of an operation. If a lag callback (default callback enabled via environment variable or custom callback passed to the `async_lag_callback` argument) is enabled, the callback is called when this duration is exceeded.
`async_no_progress_callback`	`NeptuneObjectCallback`, optional	`None`	Custom callback function which is called if there has been no synchronization progress whatsoever for the duration defined by `async_no_progress_threshold`. The callback should take a `Project` object as the argument and can contain any custom code, such as calling `stop()` on the object. Note: Instead of using this argument, you can use Neptune's default callback by setting the `NEPTUNE_ENABLE_DEFAULT_ASYNC_NO_PROGRESS_CALLBACK` environment variable to `TRUE`.
`async_no_progress_threshold`	`float`, optional	`300.0` (seconds)	For how long there has been no synchronization progress. If a no-progress callback (default callback enabled via environment variable or custom callback passed to the `async_no_progress_callback` argument) is enabled, the callback is called when this duration is exceeded.

Returns

Project object that can be used to interact with the project as a whole, like logging or fetching project-level metadata.

Example

Connect to a project in read-only mode and specify the project name

from neptune import Project

project = Project(
    project="ml-team/classification",
    mode="read-only",
)

Field lookup: `[]`#

You can access the field of a project object through a dict-like field lookup: project[field_path].

This way, you can

store metadata (displayed in the Project metadata section):

project["general/brief"] = URL_TO_PROJECT_BRIEF
project["general/data_analysis"].upload("data_analysis.ipynb")

project["dataset/v0.1"].track_files("s3://datasets/images")
project.wait()
project["dataset/latest"] = project["dataset/v0.1"].fetch()

fetch already logged metadata – for example, to have the single source of truth when starting a new run:

run = neptune.init_run()
run["dataset"] = project["dataset/latest"].fetch()
project["dataset/latest"].fetch()

Returns

The returned type depends on the field type and whether a field is stored under the given path.

Path Example Returns

Field exists - The returned type matches the type of the field

Field does not exist - Handler object

Path is namespace and has field

Path: "train"

Field "train/acc" exists

Namespace handler object

Example

Note on collaboration

The project object follows the same logic as other Neptune objects: If you assign a new value to an existing field, the new value overwrites the previous one.

In a given project, you always initialize and work with the same project object, so take care not to accidentally overwrite each other's entries if your team is collaborating on project metadata.

Tip: Recall that the append() method appends the logged value to a series. It works for text strings as well as numerical values.

import neptune

project = neptune.init_project(project="ml-team/classification")

Create a new string field

project["general"] = "Project deadline: 1849-06-30"

# Overwrite the value of the existing string field
project["general"] = "Project deadline: 2049-06-30"

Create a new StringSeries field

project["train/logs"].append("ML model building, day 1:")

# Continue logging to existing series field
project["train/logs"].append("A model-building project is born")

If you access a namespace handler, you can interact with it like any other Neptune object.

info_namespace = project["info"]
info_namespace["deadline"] = "2049-06-30" # (1)!

Stores "2049-06-30" under the field info/deadline.

Assignment: `=`#

Convenience alias for assign().

`assign()`#

Assign values to multiple fields from a dictionary. You can use this method to store multiple pieces of metadata with a single command.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
`value`	`dict`	`None`	A dictionary with values to assign, where keys (`str`) become the paths of the fields. The dictionary can be nested, in which case the path will be a combination of all keys.
`wait`	`Boolean`, optional	`False`	By default, logged metadata is sent to the server in the background. With this option set to `True`, Neptune first sends all data before executing the call. See Connection modes.

Example

import neptune

project = neptune.init_project(project="ml-team/classification")

Assign multiple fields from a dictionary

general_info = {"brief": URL_TO_PROJECT_BRIEF, "deadline": "2049-06-30"}
project["general"] = general_info

You can also explicitly log parameters one by one:

project["general/brief"] = URL_TO_PROJECT_BRIEF
project["general/deadline"] = "2049-06-30"

Dictionaries can be nested:

general_info = {"brief": {"url": URL_TO_PROJECT_BRIEF}}
project["general"] = general_info

The above logs the URL under the path general/brief/url.

`del`#

Completely removes the field or namespace and all associated metadata stored under the path.

`exists()`#

Checks if there is a field or namespace under the specified path.

Info

This method checks the local representation of the project. If the field was created by another process or the metadata has not reached the Neptune servers, it may not be possible to fetch. In this case you can:

Call sync() on the project object to synchronize the local representation with the server.
Call wait() on the project object to wait for all logging calls to finish.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
`path`	`str`	-	Path to check for the existence of a field or namespace

Examples

import neptune

project = neptune.init_project(project="ml-team/classification")

# If an old dataset exists, remove it
if project.exists("dataset/v0.4"):
    del project["dataset/v0.4"]

Info

When working in asynchronous (default) mode, the metadata you track may not be immediately available to fetch from the server, even if it appears in the local representation.

To work around this, you can call wait() on the project object.

import neptune

project = neptune.init_project(project="ml-team/classification")
project["general/brief"] = URL_TO_PROJECT_BRIEF

# The path exists in the local representation
if project.exists("general/brief"):
    # However, the tracking call may have not reached Neptune servers yet
    project["general/brief"].fetch()  # Error: the field does not exist

project.wait()

`fetch()`#

Fetches the values of all single-value fields (that are not of type File) as a dictionary.

The result preserves the hierarchical structure of the model metadata.

Returns

dict containing the values of all non-File single-value fields.

Example

Fetch all the project metrics (assuming they have been logged to a field metrics):

import neptune

project = neptune.init_project(project="ml-team/classification")
project_metrics = project["metrics"].fetch()

`fetch_models_table()`#

Retrieve the models of the project, up to a maximum of 10 000.

Parameters

Name Type Default Description

columns

list[str], optional

None

Names of columns to include in the table, as a list of namespace or field names.

The Neptune ID ("sys/id") is included automatically.

If None, all the columns of the models table are included.

Returns

An interim Table object containing Model objects.

Use to_pandas() to convert it to a pandas DataFrame.

Example

Initialize project named ml-team/nlu

>>> import neptune
>>> project = neptune.init_project(project="ml-team/nlu", mode="read-only")
https://app.neptune.ai/ml-team/nlu/
Remember to stop your project...

Fetch list of all stored models as pandas DataFrame

>>> models_table_df = project.fetch_models_table().to_pandas()
>>> print(models_table_df)
                 sys/creation_time      sys/id            sys/modification_time ...
0 2022-08-26 05:06:19.693000+00:00  NLU-FOREST 2022-08-26 05:06:20.944000+00:00 ...
1 2022-08-25 08:15:13.678000+00:00    NLU-TREE 2022-08-25 08:16:23.179000+00:00 ...

Include only size and size_limit as columns

>>> filtered_models_table = project.fetch_models_table(
...     columns=["sys/size", "model/size_limit"]
... )
>>> filtered_models_df = filtered_models_table.to_pandas()
>>> print(filtered_models_df)
       sys/id  sys/size  model/size_limit
0  NLU-FOREST     415.0              50.0
1  NLU-TREE       387.0              50.0
...

Sort model objects by size

models_table_df = models_table_df.sort_values(by="sys/size")

Sort model objects by creation time

models_table_df = models_table_df.sort_values(
    by="sys/creation_time",
    ascending=False,
)

Extract the ID of the last model

last_model_id = models_table_df["sys/id"].values[0]

`fetch_runs_table()`#

Retrieve runs matching the specified criteria, up to a maximum of 10 000.

All parameters are optional. Each of them specifies a single criterion. Only runs matching all of the criteria will be returned.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
`id`	`str` or `list[str]`, optional	`None`	Neptune ID of a run, or a list of multiple IDs. Example: `"NLU-1"` or `["NLU-1", "NLU-2"]`. Matching any element of the list is sufficient to pass the criterion.
`state`	`str` or `list[str]`, optional	`None`	State or list of states. Possible values: `"inactive"`, `"active"`. "Active" means that at least one process is connected to the run. Matching any element of the list is sufficient to pass the criterion. For details, see `sys` ≫ State
`owner`	`str` or `list[str]`, optional	`None`	Username of the run owner, or list of multiple owners. Example: `"josh"` or `["frederic", "josh"]`. The owner is the user who created the run. Matching any element of the list is sufficient to pass the criterion.
`tag`	`str` or `list[str]`, optional	`None`	A tag or list of tags. Example: `"lightGBM"` or `["pytorch", "cycleLR"]`. Note: Only runs that have all specified tags will pass this criterion.
`columns`	`list[str]`, optional	`None`	Names of columns to include in the table, as a list of namespace or field names. The Neptune ID (`"sys/id"`) is included automatically. If `None`, all the columns of the runs table are included.

Returns

An interim Table object containing run objects. Use to_pandas() to convert it to a pandas DataFrame.

Examples

Initialize project named ml-team/nlu

>>> import neptune
>>> project = neptune.init_project(project="ml-team/nlu", mode="read-only")
https://app.neptune.ai/ml-team/nlu/
Remember to stop your project...

Fetch metadata of all runs as pandas DataFrame

>>> runs_table_df = project.fetch_runs_table().to_pandas()
>>> print(runs_table_df)
                 sys/creation_time sys/description  sys/failed  ...
0 2022-08-26 07:28:42.673000+00:00                       False  ...
1 2022-08-26 07:18:41.321000+00:00                       False  ...
2 2022-08-26 07:07:20.338000+00:00                       False  ...
3 2022-08-26 05:36:39.615000+00:00                       False  ...

Include only f1 and sys/running_time as columns

>>> filtered_runs_table = project.fetch_runs_table(
...     columns=["f1", "sys/running_time"]
... )
>>> filtered_runs_df = filtered_runs_table.to_pandas()
>>> print(filtered_runs_df)
    sys/id  sys/running_time    f1
0    NLU-8             5.436  0.95
1    NLU-7            12.342  0.92
2    NLU-6           318.538  0.80
3    NLU-5             9.560  0.80
...

Sort runs by creation time

runs_table_df = runs_table_df.sort_values(
    by="sys/creation_time",
    ascending=False,
)

Extract the ID of the last run

last_run_id = runs_table_df["sys/id"].values[0]

You can also filter the runs by state, owner, or tag.

Fetch only inactive runs

runs_table_df = project.fetch_runs_table(state="inactive").to_pandas()

Fetch only runs created by CI service account

runs_table_df = project.fetch_runs_table(
    owner="my_company_ci_service@ml-team").to_pandas()

Fetch only runs that have both the tags Exploration and Optuna

runs_table_df = project.fetch_runs_table(
    tag=["Exploration", "Optuna"]).to_pandas()

Combine conditions (runs satisfying all criteria are fetched)

runs_table_df = project.fetch_runs_table(
    state="inactive", tag="Exploration").to_pandas()

`get_structure()`#

Returns the metadata structure of a project object in the form of a dictionary.

This method can be used to traverse the metadata structure programmatically when using Neptune in automated workflows.

`get_url()`#

Returns a direct link to the project in Neptune. The same link is printed in the console once the project object has been initialized.

Returns

str with the URL of the project in Neptune.

Example

>>> import neptune
>>> project = neptune.init_project(project="ml-team/classification")
>>> project.get_url()
https://app.neptune.ai/ml-team/classification/

`pop()`#

Completely removes the field or namespace and all associated metadata stored under the path.

`print_structure()`#

Pretty-prints the structure of the project metadata. Paths are ordered lexicographically and the structure is colored.

`stop()`#

Stops the connection to Neptune and synchronizes all data.

When using context managers, Neptune automatically calls stop() when exiting the project context.

Warning

Always call stop() in interactive environments, such as a Python interpreter or Jupyter notebook. The connection to Neptune is not stopped when the cell has finished executing, but rather when the entire notebook stops.

If you're running a script, the connection is stopped automatically when the script finishes executing. However, it's a best practice to call stop() when the connection is no longer needed.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
`seconds`	`int` or `float`, optional	`None`	Wait for the specified time for all logging calls to finish before stopping the connection. If `None`, wait for all logging calls to finish.

Examples

If you're initializing the connection from a Python script, Neptune stops it automatically when the script finishes execution.

import neptune

project = neptune.init_project(project="ml-team/classification")

[...] # Your code

# stop() is automatically called at the end for every Neptune object

Using with statement and context manager:

for project_identifier in projects:
    with neptune.init_project(project=project_identifier) as project:
        [...] # Your code
        # stop() is automatically called
        # when code execution exits the with statement

`sync()`#

Synchronizes the local representation of the project with Neptune servers.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
`wait`	`Boolean`, optional	`False`	By default, logged metadata is sent to the server in the background. With this option set to `True`, Neptune first sends all data before executing the call. See Connection modes.

`wait()`#

Wait for all the logging calls to finish.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
`disk_only`	`Boolean`, optional	`False`	If `True`, the process will wait only for the data to be saved locally from memory, but will not wait for it to reach Neptune servers.

`Table.to_pandas()`#

The Table object is an interim object containing the metadata of fetched objects. To access the data, you need to convert it to a pandas DataFrame by invoking to_pandas().

Returns

Tabular data in the pandas.DataFrame format.

Example

Fetch project "jackie/named-entity-recognition":

import neptune

project = neptune.init_project(
    project="jackie/named-entity-recognition",
    mode="read-only",
)

Fetch all runs metadata as pandas DataFrame:

runs_table_df = project.fetch_runs_table().to_pandas()

Sort runs by creation time:

runs_table_df = runs_table_df.sort_values(by="sys/creation_time", ascending=False)

Extract the ID of the last run:

last_run_id = runs_table_df["sys/id"].values[0]

You can also filter the runs table by state, owner, or tag.

Fetch only inactive runs

runs_table_df = project.fetch_runs_table(state="inactive").to_pandas()

Fetch only runs created by CI service

runs_table_df = project.fetch_runs_table(owner="my_company_ci_service").to_pandas()

Fetch only runs that have both Exploration and Optuna tags

runs_table_df = project.fetch_runs_table(tag=["Exploration", "Optuna"]).to_pandas()

Combine conditions (runs satisfying all conditions will be fetched)

runs_table_df = project.fetch_runs_table(
    state="inactive", tag="Exploration"
    ).to_pandas()

Fetch model versions as table:

import neptune

model = neptune.init_model(with_id="NER-PRETRAINED")
model_versions_df = model.fetch_model_versions_table().to_pandas()

Name	Type	Default	Description
`path`	`str`	-	Path of the field or namespace to be removed.
`wait`	`Boolean`, optional	`False`	By default, logged metadata is sent to the server in the background. With this option set to `True`, Neptune first sends all data before executing the call. See Connection modes.

Project#

Initialization#

Field lookup: []#

Assignment: =#

assign()#

del#

exists()#

fetch()#

fetch_models_table()#

fetch_runs_table()#

get_structure()#

get_url()#

pop()#

print_structure()#

stop()#

sync()#

wait()#

Table.to_pandas()#

`Project`#

Field lookup: `[]`#

Assignment: `=`#

`assign()`#

`del`#

`exists()`#

`fetch()`#

`fetch_models_table()`#

`fetch_runs_table()`#

`get_structure()`#

`get_url()`#

`pop()`#

`print_structure()`#

`stop()`#

`sync()`#

`wait()`#

`Table.to_pandas()`#